Podcasts about valiant growth

One year and one month ago I’ve set out to become a full-time entrepreneur. I have not succeeded. Can you learn from my mistakes? This is the final episode of Valiant Growth, season 1.Photo credit: daivinandleah via Flickr

I've been thinking about talking more about my story with breaking contact with everyone I knew three years ago and completely resetting my life while coming to England. I especially wanted to talk about the painful mistakes I have made in talking to my family and friends following my understanding of the Freedomain Radio relationship strategy. I just couldn't figure out the personal development garb to dress those in to make them fit into the Valiant Growth format. They might make it into an episode eventually, but until then, my friend Nick Hazelton solved that problem for me with 2+ hour long interview/talk on Yakkin with Nick.

Being healthy means more than just not being sick. Health is directly linked with success in the work place, success in relationships, in achieving higher levels of happiness, and to pretty much every other measure of success. But getting health is more than just diet and exercise. I was recently a guest on the Valiant Growth podcast with Philip Frey. We talked about how to unleash your full potential by taking responsibility for your health. Topics covered include: the five pillars of good health motivation for making health a priority how to get healthy with minimal trade offs low hanging fruit to improve your health being healthy without sinking a bunch of time being a minimalist while being healthy being frugal while being healthy why you can cancel your gym membership the importance of mental health and emotional wellbeing mobility We talk about all of this and more. You won't want to miss it! Click the purple play button above and listen to the show.   Find more from Philip here: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/  Get my new free ebook, "My Eight Most Influential Books," here: books.choiceconversations.com   Get the Sitting Solution here: http://www.lxntracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=79&pub=240237&c1=xxsubid1xx&c2=xxsubid2xx&c3=xxsubid3xx  

My friend, Philip Frey of Valiant Growth, joined me to just chat. I tend to avoid doing much prep work for interviews, so I just follow something that truly interests me about the person. We talk about Philip's past in Romania, his relationship with his family, and what he has learned from his time on earth.    Valiant Growth: http://www.valiantgrowth.com Philip's "Don't Be Sexy" Episode: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e25/ Philip's "Art of Stress-Free Relationships" series: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/tag/the-art-of-stress-free-relationships/ Thaddeus Russell Interview: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/37 Yakkin With Nick Feedback Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1852290741714815/  

This weeks episode is about how to manage your own productivity system for getting things done. It comes from an interview that I did a while ago on the Valiant Growth podcast. In the interview, I talk about various techniques for managing your own productivity system, including: The different components of a productivity system Undertaking regular reviews Choosing between different productivity tools, such a task-management apps and paper-based systems. Show Notes: Valiant Growth Podcast Episode 258 Getting Started With Productivity Systems (Valiant Growth Interview) All Previous Productivity Episodes  

It was a little past midnight on Wednesday and I was sitting in the bathtub. It was the 9th of November, and I was feeling terrible. I had no idea who the Prime Minister of Romania, the country where I grew up, was. I had no idea which party was in power in the UK, where I had been living for the past year and a half. But I had just spent 12 months following the ups and downs of of the 2016 US elections, a country that I couldn’t vote in, had no real way of living in in the short and medium-term, and hadn’t even visited. A 5 point swing in the betting odds (on average more accurate than polls) could make me feel happy, sad, angry, afraid or confident. Something was very, very wrong.   Outside of this, my general political ignorance was carefully cultivated. I had increasingly been focusing on the actionable, on what I can do in my own life, where I had the most control. You see, I knew that… Voting Doesn’t Matter If you are an anarcho-capitalist, you’ve (not) convinced many, many people of this basic tenet. It’s old news. It’s passé. It’s the uncool half-brother of “Taxation is theft”. There are some cool arguments for this. I don’t think you should check them out though, and I’ll tell you why in a second. Back to 2016: The belief didn’t save me though, nor did it save many others from getting caught in the hype. This is more popular outside of election years to begin with, and 2016 seems to have been a particularly bad one too. I should’ve focused instead on… Political Action Doesn’t Matter As in getting involved in politics is a waste of time. This one is a little bit more niche, a little bit more contentious. It’s the closet of the libertarian house, or the attic. It’s where you retire to when you have had enough of the party downstairs, and want quietly scroll the Facebook feed on your phone. I knew this one too. I had no intention of going to protests, writing to my local politician or donating to her. I cared little of party politics (I did furtively check the election results of a few libertarian parties in some countries) And yet this perspective gave me no protection from the non-actionable, because… I Was Still Up To The Neck In It I’ve been using a light tone so far, but I don’t want to trivialize this: I really, really wanted the government the go away. I was angry about money being collected at (an implicit) gunpoint. I felt sad about the waste of resources and of human lives in war, in the countless failed projects and initiatives. I was stunned at how many programs that were supposed to do good had had the opposite effect. I still feel these emotions. Though I was apolitical in some ways, politics still very much pervaded my thoughts, my conversations and my decisions. My learning, however, was chipping away at my enthusiasm. Stoicism made me focus more on what was and wasn’t within my sphere of control. Nonviolent Communication helped me connect with people of different views, and I suddenly could see the evil enemy no more. And Then It Clicked In the bath tub that night I realized how much the past 12 months sucked. I had ran around in circles and achieved nothing. I’ve missed great opportunities to connect with, be taught and teach with all the people I’ve talked politics with. I’ve alienated those who had different views and built a false sense of belonging with those who had the same. I’ve wasted their time. I’ve wasted my time.  I hadn’t released a Valiant Growth episode in three months and yet my concern was what some guy on a different continent thought about the value of political action. (My lull of productivity wasn’t because of this, but I sure could’ve used that focus and emotional awareness to see what was going on instead!) I had no plan of action of moving on from my job, something which I really wanted to do, but was losing sleep over how another guy thousands of miles away had changed his public views on the election of a country neither of us lived in. I had mislived. The Things That Matter I made a mental list in the bathtub that Wednesday night. I asked myself “When I wake up tomorrow, what would I rather see have happened?” Never mind what I can do. Just what would be the biggest gift the Universe could give me. Guess what. The government ending wasn’t even in the top 20. Sure, it may take half my income, if I’m really not careful. Well, some people increase their incomes tenfold in a year (and then make YouTube ads about it). It’s definitely not unusual to do it over a decade. The government (according to some) stifles innovation and the progress of the human race, and thus my future. Well, the people who are getting shit done are regularly circumventing it, like any other obstacle. The future of some places is (maybe) in question. Well, so far throughout history, there have continuously been good areas to be in – some places are getting worse, some places are getting better. Most of the planet is empty. What About The World? I care about my friends and allies. I wish suffering on no one, even if I don’t know them. I care about our future as a species. But I’ve got work at home to do. The people who are having the greatest positive impact on the world, in my judgement, are the entrepreneurs who are building the future of technology (once man can live in space, most major risks disappear on a personal and collective level, I think). Helping build the personal development tools for these people is not a bad place to be in either. We may not agree on the most impactful people – it’s quite a personal question. Did your guys and gals start in politics though? Are they in it now? As for my tribe, we can mutually waste our time with politics, or we can learn to live more fulfilled lives, and be more prepared for the risks of the world. The pursuits may not be mutually exclusive, but the mindset is so different that one struggles to exist next to the other. Could you and I have real global impact?  I think so. But I know I’ve got some homework to do before I get there though. Ask Yourself Not everybody reading this has my political ex-views. I don’t think it matters very much. Where does your version of utopia rank on your list of what you want to wake up to tomorrow? Work on whatever number one is instead, and you’ll likely get closer to it in your own life anyway. Moving Forward: Disconnect I had to take a hard exit with everything non-actionable, everything outside me sphere of control. I used politics as an example because it’s top on the list of how I wasted my productive time, but there are other things. It’s quite personal, and it’s an ongoing journey of discovery. I’ve stopped all inflow. I don’t consume the news (alternative of otherwise),  I try not to get into debates, I’ve gotten quite good at selectively blocking what the Internet throws me at me. If something “major” happens, sometimes people tell me, sometimes they don’t. I’ve done quite well so far without it. That’s the end of my story. And yeah, I hope to never learn who wins the 2020 US elections. No spoilers, please.

I've become quite fed up with a show notes that had very little value to the listener. So I've decided to turn them into full-blown, stand-alone blog posts! Hence, until this experiment lasts, I am now running a blogcast instead of just a podcast. Are you as excited about this as I am?

Imagine that you have a magic marker. It looks like the usual whiteboard companion, but it has secret that only you know about. You see, with this marker, you can go into any store, pick any item off the shelf, and write your own price on it. And when you go to the checkout, they accept your price, no matter what it is, and everybody walks away happy. Where can you get this magic marker? You already own it! It’s called creativity. It’s also called adventurousness. Or flexibility. With those tools, you can name your own price for almost anything, especially travel. In this episode we are talking about a great strategy for frugal travel for the bold and time-rich. Travel is a prominent goal for most people in the personal development community. And while travel in itself isn’t personal development, many people have found the change in surroundings to be a powerful stimulant of creativity, finding new angles on old problems, inspiration and introspection. That is why it’s an important topic for Valiant Growth - especially how do it in a way that is light on your finances. Burning through your savings can take the fun out of a lot of things, travel included. I’ve talked previously about my own story of hitchhiking through Europe, both as part of an interview on Radical Personal Finance (which went into a lot more strategies, and has been released just before this episode on the feed) and also in episode 32 of Valiant Growth. At the end of that episode, I invited listeners to get in touch if the have an interesting and informative travel story to tell. That’s the offer that Nicolas, a listener and supporter of the show has taken on and he’s got a strategy that I’m convinced many of you will find quite appealing. Nicola has taken upon himself to travel in South-Western Europe with nothing but a (well-equipped) bike, his tent and good fortune on his side. His story has left me with a lot to think about. That it’s not unreasonable to say that adventure is truly a matter of creativity and daring and not of money. That we often underestimate the kindness of strangers, and thus miss out on opportunities that could really positively influence our outlook on the species in general. That for the cost of a fancier gym membership, you could do what Nicola did, and make getting in shape and staying active an organic part of your life rather than a jarring interruption of the day in a sterile, artificial environment.You may think that this kind of stuff is not something you can do, that there’s no way you could take the brake, or convince your family, or bike the distance. To that I say - it’s up to you. If this sounds like an adventure worth remembering, you can make it happen. If you have any questions on the subject, please post them in the comments section of this episode at valiantgrowth.com/48 - Nicola assured me that he’d be very happy to give you some pointers to get you on the road! I was also interested to hear Nicola’s tactics for staying frugal given his different life station and circumstances - that will be the subject of our next episode.

I've started releasing guest appearances I've made on other podcasts. The first one is an interview with Joshua Sheats on Radical Personal Finance about hitchhiking and budget travel in general. I share my experiences and we both go in depth on tactics around hitchhiking, housing, transport and ultralight backpacking. Here are Joshua's show notes: Do you wish to set out and travel but feel like you lack the money? Well, what if you did it anyway and just adjusted your style of travel to fit a more modest budget? My guest today is long-time listener of the show, Philip Frey. A few years ago he did exactly that. He set out across Europe with a schoolmate and they managed to cobble together a very fun trip on a very modest budget! In today’s show we discuss Philip’s experiences and advice for how to replicate a trip like his. I also share some of my tips and ideas for how I would approach a trip like this for myself. Enjoy the show! Joshua Philip’s website: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/ A stand-alone episode that Philip did on his podcast “Extreme Travel: My Story of Hitchhiking Through Europe on Under $40 a Week” http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e32/ Also, “How to Spend $2/day on Food” http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e14/ Steven Harris’s website on “How to Keep Your Phone Charged All the Time Anywhere in the World That You Go” http://www.cellphone1234.com/ Hitchwiki: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hitchhiking the World http://hitchwiki.org Support RPF on Patreon! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron  

Frugality and high-quality products are not antithetical - you just have to own classics. Join http://forum.earlyretirementextreme.com for ERE specific advice, and http://valiantgrowth.com/community to meet fellow Valiant Growth listeners. Original article at http://earlyretirementextreme.com/day-20-own-classics.html A more detailed discussion of the ERE philosophy at http://valiantgrowth.com/e30 Get Early Retirement Extreme The Book at http://valiantgrowth.com/ere Donate to the podcast at http://valiantgrowth.com/support

Starting and maintaining a productivity system is one of the most fulfilling and rewarding investments you can ever make. It can, however seem like a very daunting task. Jake Desyllas strips the complexity away and teaches you how to start a basic but powerful productivity system that you can build upon and evolve. Perhaps more importantly, we talk of the incredible power that this will give you to live your values and to lead a conscious live, encouraging you to get started today. Books mentioned: Getting Things Done by David Allen and The Power of Less by Leo Babauta as a balance to it. Jake Desyllas on Valiant Growth: 0034 - How Do You ACTUALLY Become an Entrepreneur? And Is It Worth Pursuing for Personal Development? - Interview with Jake Desyllas of The Voluntary Life Podcast 0011 - Book Review: Job Free: Four Ways to Quit the Rat Race by Jake Desyllas Check out The Voluntary Life Podcast for a lot more great productivity content!

Sticker shock for the paleo diet can be pretty brutal. Meat and produce typically are much more expensive than the sugar filled, processed junk most people eat. And when you start talking about "grass fed," "pastured," and "organic," your budget might get blown out of the water! Philip Frey from the Valiant Growth podcast joins me to discuss strategies for eating paleo, while keeping costs low. We will improve your health AND save you money! Check it out!   Find more from Philip here: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/  http://choiceconversations.com/the-art-of-stress-free-relationships-with-philip-frey   http://choiceconversations.com/the-future-is-better-than-you-think-abundance-book-review-with-philip-frey    Choice Conversations is now on Patreon! Please contribute: https://www.patreon.com/ChoiceConversations  Help out the show with these affiliate links: Sitting Solution: http://affiliate.lxntracker.com/rd/r.php?sid=79&pub=240237&c1=&c2=&c3=  Amazon USA: https://www.amazon.com/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll2&tag=choicecon-20&linkId=1f6f703e9797258e86fd161ec82a2fb4  Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll2&tag=choicecon-20&linkId=1f6f703e9797258e86fd161ec82a2fb4    Find me on the web: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChoiceConversations  Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/choice-conversations/id315666764?mt=2  Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ChoiceConversationsPodcast  Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1741413262765523  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChoiceConvo  Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/c/ChoiceConversations  Steemit: https://steemit.com/@choiceconvo  Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113389589018857326194/+ChoiceConversations  Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/choice-conversations   iheart Radio: http://www.iheart.com/show/263-Choice-Conversations/  Bumper music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKiNecNBiY&list=PLoe-H2xJOW56v_XOx1oJnZXOfCIr4YfSy   

This episode is an interview of Jake on the Valiant Growth podcast about getting started with productivity systems. A lot of people want to start using productivity tools and systems, but feel overwhelmed by all the options, jargon, and complexity. This episode will give you clear pointers about how to start simple and achieve massive improvements to your productivity. Show Notes Valiant Growth Podcast Getting Things Done by David Allen The Power Of Less by Leo Babauta Other Productivity Episodes

In this show, I talk with Philip Frey of the Valiant Growth podcast about his recent series The Art of Stress Free Relationships. We do a nice overview of the series, and then dive deep into several related topics, including the following: How to categorize relationships The difficulties voluntaryists in particular have with relationships Fostering loving relationships Relationships among the Freedomain Radio community, including a look at Stefan Molyneux's book Real Time Relationships Contrasting Philip's view on relationships with Harry Browne's, as presented in his book How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World Physical attraction verses virtues Obsety as a red flag for emotional wounding Ayn Rand's personal life Positive thinking and affirmations Placebos The Art of Stress Free Relationships series: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e37/ http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e38/ http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e39/ http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e40/ Find more from Philip here: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/ https://www.facebook.com/valiantgrowth https://www.facebook.com/groups/1716223768646188/ More on positive thinking and affirmations: http://choiceconversations.com/positive-thinking-with-antony-sammeroff   Please subscribe, rate and review on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/choice-conversations/id315666764?mt=2 Join my new facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1741413262765523 Like my facebook page and share with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/ChoiceConversationsPodcast Follow me on twitter and please retweet: https://twitter.com/ChoiceConvo Subscribe to my youtube channel. Like and share my videos: http://www.youtube.com/c/ChoiceConversations   Bumper music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiKiNecNBiY&list=PLoe-H2xJOW56v_XOx1oJnZXOfCIr4YfSy    

Do you wish to set out and travel but feel like you lack the money? Well, what if you did it anyway and just adjusted your style of travel to fit a more modest budget? My guest today is long-time listener of the show, Philip Frey. A few years ago he did exactly that. He set out across Europe with a schoolmate and they managed to cobble together a very fun trip on a very modest budget! In today's show we discuss Philip's experiences and advice for how to replicate a trip like his.  I also share some of my tips and ideas for how I would approach a trip like this for myself. Enjoy the show! Joshua Philip's website: http://www.valiantgrowth.com/ A stand-alone episode that Philip did on his podcast "Extreme Travel: My Story of Hitchhiking Through Europe on Under $40 a Week" http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e32/  Also, "How to Spend $2/day on Food" http://www.valiantgrowth.com/e14/  Steven Harris's website on "How to Keep Your Phone Charged All the Time Anywhere in the World That You Go" http://www.cellphone1234.com/ Hitchwiki: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Hitchhiking the World http://hitchwiki.org  Support RPF on Patreon! www.radicalpersonalfinance.com/patron 

Entrepreneurship is not just about building a business, it is also about building yourself. I see entrepreneurship as an intensive personal development program. This episode is from a recent interview that I gave about this topic on the Valiant Growth podcast. Show Notes: Valiant Growth Podcast Becoming an Entrepreneur by Jake Desyllas Job Free by Jake Desyllas Drive by Dan Pink

Nick joins Philip Frey on the Valiant Growth Podcast again, to talk about stoicism.

Philip Frey of the Valiant Growth podcast interviews me. http://www.valiantgrowth.com/ https://www.facebook.com/valiantgrowth/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3OHAjQuJwYiPkngVp_jtBA

Losing weight is a difficult challenge - and some who achieve it often leave hard-to-follow paths behind them. Add to that a lot of poor and shallow advice out in the mainstream, and no wonder that obesity is still on the rise, despite unprecedented amounts information and awareness. In this episode I aim to extract the lessons that I’ve learned in my own weight loss journey, and provide tools and encouragement to those who seek to start out on this path. In typical Valiant Growth fashion, I aim to explore both the practical steps and the self-knowledge underpinnings of this tricky subject. See my weight loss chart and resources at www.valiantgrowth.com/e15 Like on Facebook!: www.facebook.com/valiantgrowth Website: www.valiantgrowth.com

This is the introductory show of the podcast. I discuss the name of the show, the topics addressed, what impact I wish to have, the format of the show, and introduce myself. Like on Facebook!: www.facebook.com/valiantgrowth Website: www.valiantgrowth.com